Looking at – and seeing – the world
May 29, 2020 5 Comments
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Other images in the Bristol Street Scenes series are here: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 . Searching on the “street” tag (below here) will also find these posts.
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Technique: TG-5 at 25mm (equiv); 1600 ISO; Lightroom, starting at the Modern 01 profile; Bedminster, south Bristol; 21 Jan 2020.
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May 28, 2020 12 Comments
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Gaily coloured houses and many parked cars in the steep, narrow streets of fashionable, middle class Totterdown.
Other images in the Bristol Street Scenes series are here: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 . Searching on the “street” tag (below here) will also find these posts.
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Technique: TG-5 at 25mm (equiv); 800 ISO; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Vivid profile; Totterdown, south Bristol; 21 Jan 2020.
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May 27, 2020 4 Comments
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Other images in the Bristol Street Scenes series are here: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 . Searching on the “street” tag (below here) will also find these posts.
Click onto the image to open a much larger version in a separate window – definitely recommended.
Technique: TG-5 at 38mm (equiv); 1600 ISO; Lightroom, using the Modern 01 profile; Bedminster, south Bristol; 21 Jan 2020.
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May 24, 2020 13 Comments
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Shadow of a footbridge in Bristol’s Castle Park; 7 Oct 2014.
The ground here is a dark tarmac path that runs below the bridge. I find my eyes being attracted up to the bright leaf, but then being drawn back down along the various lines towards lower right – only to be attracted back up to the leaf once more.
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Technique: Canon G11 PowerShot at 28mm (equiv); 200 ISO; Color Efex Pro 4.
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May 24, 2020 13 Comments
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Out early, walking in the lockdown. I’ve taken fewer photos during these walks recently, for three reasons I think. First the sun is higher in the sky now, even during the very early hours I keep – I’ll have to wait until the very earliest stirrings of autumn before the light gets lower and more golden again. Second, I’ve worked out a “safe” walking route where the all important social distancing can easily be achieved, but as this is mainly through suburban housing estates, I’m rather reticent about pointing a camera towards anyone’s front windows! But thirdly, and inevitably I suppose, all of this virus turmoil is getting to me such that, as I walk, my mind is often preoccupied with things other than photography. It can take quite an effort to re-focus the mind into real “looking and seeing” mode; having Roe Deer and Foxes around does me good!
But last Thursday the skies became a little more dramatic as a small weather front passed eastwards over Bristol. It brought a couple of light and in fact quite refreshing showers, and as I looked at the clouds moving over from the west, this scene unfolded.
Click onto the “early morning” tag (below) to see more images from the early hours of the day.
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Technique: TG-5 at 70mm (equiv); 200 ISO; spot metering; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Portrait profile; south Bristol; 21 May 2020.
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May 23, 2020 11 Comments
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There are earlier images in this Parked Car series here: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 . Each will open in a separate window.
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Technique: TG-5 at 25mm (equiv); 3200 IS0; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Natural profile; Silver Efex Pro 2, starting at the High Contrast Smooth preset; Capture NX2; south Bristol; 18 May 2020.
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May 15, 2020 6 Comments
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Seeding grasses; 25 June 2013: part of a project I was doing in my back garden, in Bristol, seven years ago. I get up early on the morning anyway, and so the project’s simple plan was to down a cup of strong tea and get out into the garden early in the day, using mainly this 70-300 telezoom (the lens I continue to be married to) or a 105mm macro lens. >>> but LOL!!! >>> I tend to be a little less athletic and supple now than I was then so that, if I were to attempt such photos again, I may need the emergency services to get me back up onto my feet! Well, after all, one must suffer for one’s art … 🙂 …
For those looking at composition, my eye tends to start appraising the image from the left, and is initially caught by the in focus subject of the shot, which is set against a somewhat darker background.
This subject is mirrored by the similarly orientated (i.e. repeating patterns) but out of focus stems further back, which are set against, and which tend to blend into, a rather paler backdrop. These diffuse stems give the shot depth.
Technique: D700 with 70-300 Nikkor lens at 300mm; 800 ISO.
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May 11, 2020 11 Comments
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There are earlier images in this Parked Car series here: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 . Each will open in a separate window.
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Technique: TG-5 at 25mm (equiv); 800 ISO; Lightroom, starting at the B&W 04 profile; south Bristol; 16 Jan 2019.
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May 11, 2020 16 Comments
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Shuttered shop, and a door. Close in with a wide angle lens.
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Technique: TG-5 at 25mm (equiv); 1600 ISO; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Natural profile; Bedminster, south Bristol; 29 Jan 2019.
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May 10, 2020 9 Comments
Walking in the lockdown, early today.
And finding myself below these two flowering trees,
looking up at them and enjoying their size, stillness and beauty,
taking reassurance in these troubled times from their natural world.
And finding too that I was amidst a soft, white rain
as the tiny petals of their flowers slipped and twirled,
gently down through the still air,
before coming to rest, silently, on the grass below.
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